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WORLAND – November of last year Caleb Fraser was given the opportunity to go to the All-National Honor Ensembles as first chair bassoon in the orchestra. This year, Fraser's talents proved not to waver as he was chosen once again to be a part of the All-National Honor Ensemble symphonic orchestra. Fraser is a junior at Worland High School and is self-taught in eight different instruments. It's a part of Fraser's goal to attend All-Nationals all three years possible through his high school career...
WORLAND – With homecoming arriving quickly this fall, Worland High School’s Student Council has been planning for the week of festivities. The schedule of events will be kicking off this Saturday with the Burning of the “W” at 8:30 p.m. The Burning of the “W” will be taking place behind Warrior Stadium when a giant “W” built by the shop class is set aflame. Sunday, students will be arriving at the high school in order to decorate their halls to celebrate Spirit Week. On Monday, students will begin building their floats that will be feature...
WORLAND – Something that's been sweeping the state lately is a little Facebook project known as 307 Rocks. Which . . . is something you probably knew, unless if you were living under one of these rocks. Maybe you have had a certain rock catch your eye because has been brightly painted and left on the doorstep of your favorite store, or in a park somewhere. It might have been a trend you noticed but shrugged off, thinking it as some sort of new, weird Pinterest decoration trend (don't worry, I th...
WORLAND – With the new school year starting, Washakie County School District 1 is seeing some new faces in the classroom. This year, Worland students have four new faces teaching them. Educators from across the country are now teaching subjects including Middle and High school band, Zach Lempka with elementary physical education (P.E.), Emma Christoffersen for life skills and Stine Turegon as the new speech education teacher. While sad to see old teachers go, the new additions to the c...
WORLAND – Recently, Gov. Matt Mead announced that Wyoming has been awarded $746,730 in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS). The grants are to support 140 AmeriCorps members across the state that help serve Wyoming organizations. The members will tackle many critical challenges and face many problems in Wyoming including helping with education, preserving the environment, financial literacy and mentoring youth. The total amount will be directed to ServeWyoming, the governor-appointed state service c...
WORLAND – This week students all over Washakie County will be kicking off their 2018-19 school year. Tuesday, Worland Middle School holds an orientation for sixth-graders and new students at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, South Side is holding a New Year’s Eve party where students are welcome to go to the school and join in activities such as putting their supplies away, becoming acquainted with the school and their teachers, and even doing a treasure hunt to help them become more familiar with the school. This year, both the Worland High Sch...
WORLAND – The14th annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship and Bluegrass Festival is Aug. 17-18 and features three bluegrass bands. This year’s musical platter includes three bands: Wood Belly, Lochwood Bluegrass Band and The Barefoot Movement. Bluegrass Festival Director and Event Organizer Dave Paxton said each year they try to bring back at least one band from the previous year along with two new bands. The Lochwood Bluegrass Band is from Missoula, Montana. They play hard-driving traditional bluegrass with the inspirations of Bill Mon...
WORLAND – After a two-year break, the Color Me Pink run returns to Worland this Saturday. In previous years, from 2013 to 2015, Teresa Seidel, the lead mammography tech with the Washakie Medical Center has hosted the Color Me Pink fun run as a way to promote breast cancer awareness. This year, after two years of it being set aside over funding, Seidel has been asked to put it on once again. The Color Me Pink run is a fundraiser to raise money for the Washakie Hospital Foundation and cancer awareness programs. Applicants dress in costumes and r...
WORLAND – This weekend, Ten Sleep will be hosting its 18th annual Nowoodstock festival in the park. Nowoodstock is a three-day long music festival that happens in Ten Sleep park once a year featuring plenty of artists who provide a wide range of musical sounds. Festival manager Pat O'Brien has looked into spicing the festival up with a mix of different sounds and genres. With nine artists performing throughout the weekend, festival goers will be sure to hear something new. In addition to the l...
WORLAND – This week, music lovers throughout the Washakie County have been able to find pleasure in the performances at the fairgrounds. With performances every night this week, Friday marks the end of the performance line up with a performance by Daniel Kosel and the Crue. Daniel Kosel and the Crue have been a band for two years, the term “crue” being deprived from the old English term in England meaning “small group of men playing music.” Lead singer Daniel Kosel was this year’s fair board musical artist consultant, and was in charge of p...
WORLAND – For anyone who enjoys live music, they would be delighted to know that the Washakie County fair will be continuing its live music tomorrow night with a performance by Arterial Drive. Arterial Drive is from Billings, Montana. It’s consisted of five members – Drew McDowell on guitar and vocals, Juanillo Chavis on bass and vocals, Meg Gildehaus on violins, congas and vocals, Josh Reedy on drums and Ryan Supola on piano, trumpet and vocals. The band is consisted of members who have all studied music at a collegiate level. According to gr...
WORLAND – For those interested in live entertainment, you will be able to find some pleasure at this year’s Washakie County Fair. Alongside the usual festivities of barbecues and animal shows, the fair board’s new musical artist consultant and “crues” singer, Daniel Kosel of Daniel Kosel and the Crue has arranged entertainment for Tuesday through Saturday night of the fair. In company with two state area bands, Kosel has also arranged more local artists, along with a couple from Montana. Opening for Band of Drifters on Tuesday night is local...
WORLAND – Saturday morning, the Washakie County Extension office held a worm composting workshop at the community garden in Worland. The workshop was led by Erika Rogers, a Wyoming Worm Wrangler and featured information on how to use garbage, food scraps and worms to make gardens healthier and more flourished. Extension Educator Caitlin Youngquist decided to hold this workshop to do a demonstration and provide an example for those interested within the community. The workshop started out in the...
WORLAND – Within the past few years, downtown Worland has witnessed plenty of changes, whether it be with closing stores, opening stores, or even rebuilding and remodeling. One of the more recent changes has been the opening of Main Street Style and Trends, which opened in March of this year. Sabrina McClain is the owner of the new boutique, and has already added to the diversity of different styles that other shops in Worland has to offer. Since opening, McClain has represented multiple different styles and clothing choices, her most f...
WORLAND – In the middle of last month, the city of Worland took a big step in helping local dialysis patients by donating a bus to the Worland Senior Citizens Center in order to help with transportation to Cody. For a while, people from around the Big Horn Basin have been confronted by the problem of transportation from their town to Cody, whether it is for dialysis appointments or other doctor appointments. Senior Center Executive Director Wendy Fredricks said, that she has had plenty of people come to her, asking if the senior center had any...
WORLAND – This year, Ron Study with Ron's fireworks is celebrating his 30th anniversary. The business started in 1987 when Study had Val Lass, who had a stand that had been located by the Washakie Ten turn off, move her stand to a better location. According to Study, Lass had been good friends with a girl he was dating at the time. In 1988, Lass had left the area, and her stand was left in Study's yard on US 20, south of Worland. A man by the name of Jim Landis with Flying Phoenix Fireworks h...
WORLAND – Now that summer’s here, summer internships have started up and this year helping with the Washakie County 4-H programs is Aften Peterson from Ten Sleep. “I’ve been involved in 4-H for a lot of my summers growing up and it seemed like a really neat opportunity,” Peterson said. “Amber [Armajo, Extension educator] had reached out and asked me to consider it. The more I thought about it, the more I thought I would enjoy it. When I was a past FFA officer, I had really enjoyed my time serving and working with the youth of agriculture...
WORLAND – Saturday, May 19, Ten Sleep Rodeo Association hosted the Ten Sleep rodeo royalty contests to choose the queen and princess for this year. The contest was open from girls age 21 and under. Ages 13 and under were eligable to compete for the title of princess, while ages 14 and older were also eligable to compete for queen. The contest required them to show off their skills in horsemanship and being interviewed. There were four contestants. Girls ran a figure-eight pattern on horseback, as well as had an interview with the three j...
WORLAND – Two Memorial Day services are scheduled on Monday in Washakie County. Prior to the services, Legion members will meet at the Worland cemetery Saturday morning to place American flags on all veterans’ graves. At 11:30 a.m. there will be a luncheon provided by the American Legion at Veterans Park on Yellowstone Avenue. The community is invited (you don’t have to be a vet). They will be serving hamburgers, brats, baked beans, pasta salad, chips and pop. It will continue until the food is gone. The American Legion Post 44 will be condu...
WORLAND – Thursday night at Worland High School, the 54 students making up the drama department were honored. The banquet was to award students of their outstanding work and participation during the year. Students were awarded plaques, certificates, and pins for their time spent this school year with the drama department. They were honored either for their time with working on the school’s annual plays and musicals, all-state or helping out Drama teacher Rick Dorn. The main awards given out were to Saibrynn Dover for best actress, Dane Bennett...
WORLAND – The end of the school year is upon us, and that means graduation ceremonies. Sunday, Worland and Ten Sleep high schools will be having their graduation ceremonies. The Worland High School ceremony will be 2 p.m. on Sunday at Warrior Stadium, weather permitting. Noni Weber is scheduled to be the keynote speaker, being voted on by the senior class. Weber states that she “...is humbled and honored to be the WHS 2018 keynote speaker. Having only spent one year teaching at the high school, their request came as a surprise. I was their Eng...
WORLAND – Tonight at 6:30, the Worland Middle School bands and choir will present have their final concert of the school year. The choir will start off the concert, being directed by choir teacher Chad Rose. They will be presenting music that they performed at their recent festival. After a short intermission, the middle school bands will be performing as well. The sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade bands, along with the middle school jazz band, will be playing their songs from festival and band exchanges. The bands will be under the d...
WORLAND – In March, Worland High Schooler’s started preparing for the spring high school musical “Beauty and the Beast.” They have been working with the Broadway show that mirrors Disney’s 1991 animated film about a young intelligent woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in its castle. Despite her fears, the girl befriends the enchanted castle staff and learns to look beyond the hideous exterior of the beast, allowing her to see the true prince that lies beneath. The Broadway musical has addit...
WORLAND – On Wednesday, Worland eighth-graders participated in the annual Life R U Ready event. Through a series of activities, Life R U Ready works with students to increase awareness of the consequences of at risk behaviors, decrease the motivation to participate in risk-taking behaviors and provide new opportunities for parent-teen communication. The program is a real life simulation where students learn how to avoid the risky behaviors that can change their lives. On Wednesday, e...
WORLAND – Plenty of people have wondered what their family’s backstories hold, and what lies within their history. Mary Jones, a genealogy enthusiast of more than 60 years, has brought this wonder to Worland recently through multiple different websites. Many people have found what, or who, they are looking for with Jones’ help. “I’ve always been interested in genealogy, ever since I was a little kid,” Jones said. “I pestered my parents, my grandparents, just anyone that I knew for more information about my family. It just snowballed fr...